Insect faunal succession on decaying rabbit carcasses in Punjab, India

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1133-1143

  Bharti, Meenakshi ^a   Singh, Devinder ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carrion decomposition; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; Insect fauna

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHOMYIIDAE; ARTICLE; CALLIPHORIDAE; CARCASS; CLERIDAE; CLIMATE; COLEOPTERA; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DERMESTIDAE; FAMILIA; FAUNA; FLY; FORMICIDAE; HISTERIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INDIAN OCEAN; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; MUSCIDAE; NONHUMAN; ORDO; OTITIDAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SEASON; SILPHIDAE; SPECIES; STAPHYLINIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 0041317679     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2001358     Document Type: Article

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